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| Free Online Tutorials (About.com) |
| If you're unable to make it to one of the free Verizon Wireless workshops I mentioned yesterday, but want some additional information, check out the wireless carrier's online interactive tutorials. Here, you'll find videos and tutorials that will help you make the most of your PDA. Even if your exact model isn't shown, you might pick up a tip or trick from watching a video about a device that's similar to yours.
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Free Online Tutorials originally appeared on About.com PDAs on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 12:02:43.Permalink | Comment | Email this |
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| | | webOS PDK Beta Now Available (PalmInfoCenter) |
| Palm, Inc. has announced that a public beta version of the Palm webOS Plug-in Development Kit (PDK) is now available at the Palm Developer Center. Palm is demonstrating new games from early PDK developers in its booth at GDC (No. 2016).
The PDK complements the Palm webOS Software Development Kit (SDK), letting developers use C and C++ alongside the web technologies that power the SDK and mix them seamlessly within a single app. The PDK enables new functionality, including immersive 3D graphics, and gives developers who have built games for other platforms an easy way to bring their titles to the webOS platform. Developers can download the beta PDK and start developing today, but distribution of games built with the beta PDK will require functionality provided in an upcoming Palm webOS update.
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| | Free PDA Workshops Near You (About.com) |
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Verizon Wireless is offering free PDA and smartphone workshops throughout the country. The classes are designed to help customers get the most from their advanced devices. In the class, you'll learn about touchscreens, Internet browsing, email, pairing Bluetooth devices, and more. To see if there's an upcoming class in your area and to register, visit Verizon Workshops.
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Free PDA Workshops Near You originally appeared on About.com PDAs on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 15:02:38.Permalink | Comment | Email this |
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| | | Verizon Dumping Mail-in Rebates for Palm Devices? (PalmInfoCenter) |
| In a rather unusual move for a carrier long fond of sizable mail-in rebate offers, the Boy Genius Report brings news that, as of Friday, March 5th, Verizon Wireless is immediately offering their two Palm webOS devices without mail-in rebates. The carrier will instead offer the Palm Pre Plus for $149.99 out the door with a two-year contract. The Palm Pixi Plus will now ring in at $79.99 under the same terms.
While a great deal for would-be Verizon webOS owners everywhere, especially on the heels of last week's webOS 1.4 update release and the ongoing "BOGO offer", the pricing still comes in above Best Buy's in-store pricing of $49.99 and $99.99 for the two smartphones.
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| Friday, 05 March 2010 |
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| | | Palm Releases New Facebook App for webOS (PalmInfoCenter) |
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Palm Inc. has released an updated version of their Facebook app for webOS. The application is being billed as new major version, as it was rewritten from scratch by Palm's own developer team this time around.
The new v1.1 Facebook app brings an improved interface and much improved functionality allowing users to do all that Facebook stuff. Highlights include an enhanced inbox, improved news feeds (shake to refresh), profile views, better photo albums and photo video uploading, events and birthday support, people search and more Palm Synergy integration.
The application is free and is available from the Palm App Catalog and online.
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| Thursday, 04 March 2010 |
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| | Can Palm Make A Comeback? (About.com) |
| rRecently, Palm warned Wall Street that its revenues for both the quarter and the fiscal year would come in lower than expected. Although the company is definitely struggling to compete against other PDA and smartphone manufacturers, many still believe there's hope for the company. eWeek recently published an article called 10 Ways Palm Could Make a Comeback in the Mobile World. rPalm was once a company who dominated the handheld computing market. Let's hope that Palm finds a way to turn things around.rFollow me on Twitter.rCan Palm Make A Comeback? originally appeared on About.com PDAs on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 17:29:52.Permalink | Comment | Email this |
| Thursday, 04 March 2010 |
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| | Can Palm Make A Comeback? (About.com) |
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Recently, Palm warned Wall Street that its revenues for both the quarter and the fiscal year would come in lower than expected. Although the company is definitely struggling to compete against other PDA and smartphone manufacturers, many still believe there's hope for the company. eWeek recently published an article called 10 Ways Palm Could Make a Comeback in the Mobile World.
Palm was once a company who dominated the handheld computing market. Let's hope that Palm finds a way to turn things around.
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Can Palm Make A Comeback? originally appeared on About.com PDAs on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 17:29:52.Permalink | Comment | Email this |
| Thursday, 04 March 2010 |
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| | | Is Palm In Trouble? (About.com) |
| It's no secret that Palm has had its ups and downs over the years. In the more recent years, the company has struggled to compete in the marketplace. Although Palm has attempted to fight back with the new WebOS platform and a number of smartphones, the company is still struggling. According to an article at Investor Guide, Palm could be in enough trouble that it may not be able to turn things around. Time will tell.
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Is Palm In Trouble? originally appeared on About.com PDAs on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 23:25:49.Permalink | Comment | Email this |
| Tuesday, 02 March 2010 |
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| | Palm Releases Updated webOS SDK (PalmInfoCenter) |
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Palm Inc. has released an updated version of their software development kit for the webOS platform. Release v1.4 coincides with the recent OS update and brings a number of changes and makes some new functionality available to developers.
Some of the highlights of the release include:
webOS now incorporates WebKit 4, which features enhanced CSS support and numerous other improvements.
The webOS implementation of the HTML 5 Media API has been updated, bringing closer conformance to the specification, and improvements to audio performance.
The Camera API has been extended to let an application initiate video capture, in addition to image capture.
The V8 JavaScript engine used in webOS has been updated.
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| Tuesday, 02 March 2010 |
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| | Powermat Adds Swappable Battery Option To Wireless Charging Lineup (About.com) |
| Induction chargers have been increasing in popularity in recent years. With these wireless chargers, all you have to do is set your device on the charging mat and the device will charge, letting you get rid of all of those cords that accompany each device.
Last month, Powermat introduced the Powermat Powerpak receiver. This receiver will replace the battery in your mobile device and eliminate the need for Powermat's previous receiver sleeves. Although limited devices are supported by the Powerpak right now, you can bet there will be more Powerpak receivers to come. In the meantime, you can still use the Powermat with the older sleeves and the Powercube universal receiver. If you're unfamiliar with wireless charging, Powermat has a pretty good video on their main site, simply click "Powermat Guided Tour" from the company's main page.
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Powermat Adds Swappable Battery Option To Wireless Charging Lineup originally appeared on About.com PDAs on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 15:54:46.Permalink | Comment | Email this |
| Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
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| | webOS 1.4 Now Available (PalmInfoCenter) |
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Palm has release the long awaited webOS v1.4 update early Saturday morning. Users on the Sprint network in the US and on the O2 UK, O2 DE, O2 Ireland, and Movistar networks in Europe can now find the OTA update via the Updates app. Palm says on its blog that other networks (namely Bell, Telcel and SFR) will see this "soon."
The full changelog is now posted on Palm's support page. Major new features include: video capture and clip editing, performance and battery life changes, various new messaging, contacts & calendar changes and options and updates, LED based notifications, new ringtone/alert options, mail improvements and various other system tweaks and such.
webOS 1.4 also brings support for the Adobe Flash 10.1 Beta plugin. Adobe will presumably release their Flash beta for the Palm Pre sometime soon via the Palm App Catalog.
Update: Verizon users are reporting that the update is now available for the Pre & Pixi Pluses.
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| Saturday, 27 February 2010 |
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| | CNBC: Palm's Major Credibility Problem (PalmInfoCenter) |
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CNBC tech reporter Jim Goldman published a scathing piece on Palm Inc. late Friday. The article conveys the frustration among some investors and analysts have with Palm's management over ill timed misleading statements and the recent financial warnings. Goldman points to a perceived increasing lack of credibility which has been accentuated by recent disclosures.
Palm's got a credibility problem, and it's the kind of thing that seems so insidious, and so systemic, that it might pose a deep threat to the company's ability to keep going. [...]
If the company knew three weeks ago that Verizon and Sprint were stopping orders, why not just announce it then? Why dribble the news out, and attribute a manufacturing stoppage to the Chinese New Year, which would ultimately not pass the smell test since the work holiday typically only lasts a week and Palm's manufacturing has been suspended for the entire month?
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| Saturday, 27 February 2010 |
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| | | WSJ Posts Palm CEO's Letter to Employees (PalmInfoCenter) |
| The Wall Street Journal has published a memo sent out to all Palm employees today by CEO Jon Rubinstein. The letter goes into more detail behind they days financial readjustment press release and provides some background on Palm's current initiatives to drive sales. The letter also discloses that Verizon felt the webOS launch was below expectations, but remains committed to working with Palm.
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| Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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| | Palm Pixi Drops to $50 at Sprint (PalmInfoCenter) |
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Sprint has quietly lowered the introductory price on the Palm Pixi. New customers can now purchase the Pixi direct from Sprint for $50 after the usual rebates and new contractual discounts.
Sprint was the first carrier to offer the Palm Pixi back in mid-Novemeber. It's initial asking price was $99. Earlier this month Verizon began offering an updated Pixi Plus version which includes WiFi at the same price point. That too was initially offered at $99 and has already been reduced to $79.
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| Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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| | Palm Amends Financial Guidance (PalmInfoCenter) |
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Palm, Inc. issued a press release early this morning to warn investors of that its financial performance will not meet its previously stated expectations due to soft demand. The revision laid out below estimate a 30% reduction in quarterly revenue. The full release follows...
Palm, Inc. today indicated that it expects that revenues for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 will be in the range of $285 million to $310 million on a GAAP basis and in the range of $300 million to $320 million on a non-GAAP basis. Revenues for the quarter and full year are being impacted by slower than expected consumer adoption of the company's products that has resulted in lower than expected order volumes from carriers and the deferral of orders to future periods.
Accordingly, Palm expects fiscal year 2010 revenues to be well below its previously forecasted range of $1.6 billion to $1.8 billion. The company will provide more detail on its financial results during Palm's third-quarter financial results conference call currently scheduled for Thursday, March 18.
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